Indonesia aims to make ASEAN regional a car industry hub

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JAKARTA, July 14 - Indonesia aims to lead the charge in making the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) an automotive industry production house, the Jakarta Post daily quoted Edy Putra Irawady, a deputy to the coordinating minister for industry and trade, as saying Monday.

"Now that we are the leader of the ASEAN automotive cooperative, we have the chance to shape the industry in the
region," he said.

The cooperative set up in 2002 is hoped to make the ASEAN region a unified automotive industry production hub to strengthen the competitiveness of regional auto suppliers and build the ASEAN- made brand and automotive parts.

Four main supplying countries are the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Only Malaysia has its own national car, while others produce for overseas brand.

[Source : Antara News]